Carton and blank therefor



R. A. TAYLOR.

CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 20, I919.

Patented June 15, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT IQE.

ROBERT A. TAYLOR, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Cincinnati in the county of Hamilton and State of hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartons and Blanks Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carton and blank therefor. One of its objects is to provide an improved carton for display purposes in which the container and lid are united so that when opened the lid section is limited in its movements relative to the container and guided into a position to serve as an easel or support for the container, to hold the container in an inclined position best suited to display the contents thereof. Another object is to provide an improved blank, preferably of one piece, from which both the container member and lid member may be produced by folding. Another object is to provide an improved blank and carton in which the walls are of double thickness and arranged to present only one face of the sheet or stock to view, thereby providing for the use of stock which is finished or faced and printed upon one side .onl' Another ob'ect is to orovide an improved blank from which the container and lid may be set up entirely by a folding operation, and without the use of paste, staple,

My invention also comprises certain details of form, combination, and arrangement, all of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a plan of a blank adapted to be employed by folding to produce my improved carton.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertiral section through a closed carton.

Fig. 3 is a perspective-view of the carton when first set up and ready to be filled.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the carton in position to display the goods.

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail perspective views showing successive stages of the operation of moving the container and lid mein bers from the position Fig. 2 through the position Fig. 3 to the position Fig. 4:.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiments of my invention,

CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 15 1920 Application filed December 20, 1919. Serial 110.3%,405.

in which Fig. 1 represents a blank cut from card-board or paper stock and scored as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, so as to be folded to produce a box or container member B and a lid member A, united by a connecting section, which when folded constitutes a portion of the lining or inner face of the carton.

The blank, and carton whenfolded, is of such nature that it may be cut from stock which is finished or faced upon one side only, and may be folded so as to provide a container member with double walls, and'a lid member with double walls, and so as to present only a single or finished face of the stock to view from the exterior whether the carton be opened or closed, and which features are of importance in the economic production and final appearance of the cartons. The cartons are adapted to be shipped in the flat or blank condition and to be set up by a folding operation without the use of glue, paste, or metal fastening devices, at the point where the cartons are to be filled.

Except for the connecting sections 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, the blank is'divided into two main sections A and B. Section A has minor sections 24-, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 and is designed to fold so as to form the lid member. Section B has minor sections 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 4E0, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 4:7, and is designed to fold so as to form the container member.

It will be noted that with the blank Fig.

' carton is ready to be filled and then to have the lid telescoped or closed over the con tainer to close the carton.

In folding the section A, the sections 29, 30, and 31 at opposite ends of section 28 are first turned upwardly along the scored lines as at right angles to section 28 and then sections '30 and 31 turned inwardly along the scored lines 119 and 50 at right angles to sections 29.. Then sections 32, 33, 34 are turned upwardly along the scored line 51 at right angles to section 28. Then section 33 is folded inwardly along the scored line 52 so as to rest face to face against the inner face of section 32 with the sections 31 interposed between adjacent faces of sections 32 and 33, while the section 34 is folded along the scored line 53 at right angles to section 33, and so as to rest face to face upon section 28 with its edge tucked under the tongue 54, which tongue is preferably but not necessarily-employed, and when employed serves as a convenient means to lock the sections "29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 in their folded position while the operator is engaged in folding the corresponding sections 41, 42, 43, 45,46, and 47 of the container section B,

substantially as heretofore described.-

The sections 27 and 39 are now simultaneously folded along the scored lines 56 and 5-7 toa position at right angles to the sections 28 and 40. The upper tier sections are-then folded inwardly along the scored "lines 58, and '59 and along the scored lines 60 and 61 to bring the sections'26 and 38 face to face with-and inside ofthe respective sections'27 and 39, and with'the sections 30 and 42 inter-posed between adjacent faces respectively of sections 26 and 27 and 38 and 39. 'The folding operation along the lines 60 and "61 brings the sections 25 and 19 face to face with section 28, with the section 24 face to face with one of the sections 29 at one end of the lid, and the sections 20, 21, and 22 face to face with section 29 at the opposite end of the lid. The same folding operation also brings section 35 face to face with section 40 and section 23 face to face with secomitted, but is preferably employed, and

when employed may be drawn downwardly at right angles to section 40 along the scored line 64-so as to lie outside of and face to face with section 29, or if desired between sections 29 and 24, thereby tending to hold the elevated end of the container in position resting upon the edges of the end sections 24 and 29 of the lid, and to prevent the elevated end of the container from slipping out of place .and down inside of the lid or to retain the elevated end of the container in position with reference to the end sections 24 and 29, on which it is designed to rest.

After the carton has been folded to the position Fig. 3, it is designed to be filled, and the container and lid may then be adjusted as desired from the position Fig. 3 to the position Fig. 4, or to the position Fig. 2. Usually the section 37 is folded down over the contents of the container and the lid folded over to cover and telescope over the container into the position Fig. 2, in which instance the sections 20 and 21 both fold face to face upon the section 22 along the scored line 67, and assume the position indicated in Fig. 2, and the filled and closed carton is in condition for shipment to a consumer or retail vender.

hen the contents of the carton are to be placed on display for sale by a retail vender, the operator lifts the lid from the container, and holding the lid in one hand and the container in the other, is enabled by reason of the cut (33 in the blank to lower the lid to a plane slightly lower than the plane of the container. and otherwise substantially as shown in Fig. Cl. except that the section 19 is in an inclined position within the lid, the position of the parts being also shown in detail in Fig. 7. The container may now be swung relative to the lid in a substantially horizontal direction with the scored line 66 as an axis or hinge, as indicated in successive stages in Figs. 6 and 7 until the container is vertically over the lid and adapted to be lowered and adjusted thereto as shown in lig. 1, with one end of the container resting in the lid and one (,llil of the container resting upon the edges oisections 2-1- and 29 at the opposite end of the lid. In the position Fig. 4 the sections 29 and 21 have been folded upon the scored line 66 by reason of the cuts (33 and (it) in the blank so that the section 21 rests face to face upon the section 20. The inclined position of section 19 facilitates the adjustment of the lid and container from the position Fig. 3 to position Fig. 4, and a similar movement of section 19, while not absolutely essential. to an adjustment of the carton from position Fig. 3 to the closed position Fig. 2, serves to facilitate such adjustment.

The article herein illustrated and described is capable of considerable modification without departing from the principle of my invention, as for instance the blank may be made in two parts united by a tlexible hinge member with one or more paste laps at for instance the scored line (36.

What I claim is:

l. A carton blank con'lprising a lid member and a container member set up by a folding operation, the blank for said carton being cut and scored to provide a hinge on which the lid may be closed upon the container and another hinge by which the lid may be introduced beneath the container to support the container in an inclined position for display purposes.

2. A carton blank comprising a double walled lid member and a double walled container member set up by a folding operation, the blank for said carton being cut and scored to provide a hinge on which the lid may be closed upon the container and an other hinge by which the lid may be introduced beneath the container to support the container in an inclined position for display purposes.

3. A carton blank comprising a section to be folded into a lid and a section to be folded into a container, said blank being cut and scored at the union of said sections F to enable said sections to be relatively adjusted in adjacent substantially parallel planes with the lid in position to receive the container upon a hinge joint transverse to the planes of adjustment of said sections.

4:. A carton blank comprising a section to be folded into a lid and a section to be folded into a container, and a plurality of connecting sections hinged together upon two hinge axes at substantially right angles to each other, one of said hinge movements providing for closing the lid upon the con tainer and the other hinge movement providing for applying the lid as a support for the bottom of said container.

5. A carton blank substantially as disclosed comprising a lid forming section and a container forming section side by side, and a plurality of connecting sections forming lining members for said lid and container and having two hinges at substantially right angles to each other, one to provide for closing the lid over the container and the other for positioning the lid as a support for the bottom of the container.

6. A carton blank comprising a lid forming section and a container forming section, and a plurality of cut and scored sections to form the lining of said lid and container and having two hinge movements at substantially right angles, one to the other, and serving to connect and preserve the relations of said lid and container respectively in a closed and a display position.

7. A carton blank comprising a lid forming section and a container forming section arranged side by side, and an integral connecting member to form a lining for said lid and container and provided with a hinge to enable the lid and container to be adjusted in substantially parallel planes into and out of a display position in which the container rests in an inclined position upon the lid.

8. A carton comprising a container section and a lid section connected thereto and adjustable relative to the container to close the container and to also support the con tainer in an inclined display position with one end telescoped into the lid and the op posite end resting upon the upturned edge of the lid, and a retaining member projecting from the container into engagement with the upturned edge of the lid to retain the container in position upon said upturned edge of the lid.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ROBERT A. TAYLOR. 

